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Taking his Kew: “Plants are something else; they are a different dimension to the living world,” says Sir David Attenborough

David Attenborough: W women are key to the planet's future

Sir David Attenborough tells Richard Godwin what led him to follow Frozen Planet with his new series, The Kingdom of Plants, for Sky and what he thinks of modern broadcasting styles

Grexit Strategists: how algorithms could make or break the euro

Complex trading algorithms could predict - or even cause - a eurozone meltdown. Simon English reports

Public enemies: why Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton's favourite nightclub has closed

Prince Harry, Katy Perry and Pippa Middleton

London’s rich young party people are in shock at the forced closure of Prince Harry’s favourite King’s Road nightclub. Joshi Herrmann investigates a bitter dispute with class undertones.

Share, but only real friends need apply

New phone apps are making social networking a more 'antisocial' experience, says Mark Prigg.

The great sip-and-sit takeover

Laptops and free wi-fi access mean London workers are colonising the city’s coffee shops.

Cool Kate at Claridges

All eyes were on Kate Moss at a Marie Curie Cancer fundraiser at Claridges. Other guests included Ronnie Wood and Princess Beatrice.

Nice day at the hoffice? The pitfalls of working from home

Maintain sartorial standards:
soft, informal, slob-about clothing is fine

For those swapping workplace for hearth for the duration of the Olympics, Nick Curtis has sage advice on how to avoid the many pitfalls this may entail

Caggie Dunlop: Laid in Chelsea

You’ll know straight away if you find your soul mate.

From Soho to the Barrio: cocaine's journey traced from users back to farmers

Home truths: “The UK is the biggest consumer of cocaine per capita for young adults — 16- to 34-year-olds,” says Rachel Seifert

We should all care more about where cocaine comes from, says documentary-maker Rachel Seifert. She tells Nick Curtis how she followed the deadly trail of destruction, from farmers to users.

David Cameron addicted to Fruit Ninja ... he should try these killer apps too

In the same week that his Foreign Secretary told business leaders to work harder, a senior advisor to David Cameron has revealed the leader of the whole country spends 'a crazy, scary amount of time playing Fruit Ninja on his iPad'

The Google guestlist

Those who wonder where real power resides in today's internet age should head to The Grove hotel in Hertfordshire’s rolling green hills for Google's Zeitgeist.

Charles Saatchi

Is it only perverts who download sex filth onto their computers?

The London best: Bike bells

1. I Love My Bike
(cyclesurgery.com, £5.99)

Since it is required by law to put a bell on your bike if you cycle in London, you may as well get one which works. Here are our five favourites.

The best cameras and accessories

Loveless and lonely — why girls really get into gangs

Isha Nembhard: 'Young boys think it’s glamorous to sell drugs. It’s not. It’s boring. You stay in the dirtiest places and it’s dangerous. The same people you’re selling to will cut your throat for it'

A violent father pushed Isha Nembhard to find solace in a life of drugs and crime. She tells Jasmine Gardner how she became trapped — and what helped her escape.

No way out: Steve Thompson chose to resign from Yahoo! after he was found to have lied on his CV

The perils of padding your CV

The tale of Yahoo! boss Steve Thompson’s resignation over an untruthful CV will have caught the attention of workers across the capital, and made many others a little nervous.

What can't money buy?

From Oscars to rhinos, that the super-rich and their money can’t buy?

Feeling the squeeze?

Joshi Herrmann asks Londoners about their finances and if they're tightening their belts.

The new Adeles

Adele had many things to be thankful for when she accepted two Brit Awards.

The smart approach: Connectivity is playing key role in the home

Connectivity is the key as more and more devices and appliances in the home are using the online world.

Still typing? You should be Swyping

Type moves: Swype allows users to trace their message

Touchscreen phones have spawned a typing app battle.

Leaping over London - the free run way to get to work

Great leap forward: 3Run runners demonstrate that hopping, skipping or even walking to work is a good idea. The free runners got together with TfL's Get Ahead of the Games campaign, which coincides with the start of Walk to Work Week, to encourage the UK public to walk where possible during the Olympics
Pictures: Jeff Moore

Free runners 3Run prove that London Bridge and Monument stations are a mere hop, skip and a jump as they try and encourage the public to walk between stations instead of using public transport.

Glamorous guests take the plunge at Arpad Busson's ARK dinner

Star-studded: Nick Candy and fiance Holly Valance were among the guest's at Arpad Busson's ARK gala dinner (photo: Richard Young/Rex Features)

Holly Valance, Carey Mulligan and Jemima Khan were among the glitzy guests at the charity gala dinner last night

Pippa Middleton's Paristocrats are coming to London

Flocking: Pippa's colourful friend Arthur de Soultrait is opening a boutique on the King's Road

Now the Socialists are back in power London is proving even more irresistible to tax-fleeing French

Slaves and the City: graduates working at top firms for free

Step change in the City: gone are the days when graduates could walk into a well-paid job; now, there is fierce competition for fewer positions

A job in the Square Mile used to be a guarantee of riches and success — but to get on the ladder some new graduates are working for free at London’s top firms.

Ambition, guilt and the new workaholic women

Obsessive: Carrie Mathison, the CIA agent who can't switch off in hit TV series Homeland (played by Claire Danes)

TV hits Homeland, The Bridge, Borgen, Mad Men and The Good Wife star strong female characters whose obsession with work ultimately blights their private lives. They make compulsive viewing.

The bottom line: the rise of BDSM in London

Erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey has sparked huge new interest in sado-masochism. Jasmine Gardner and Millicent Binks look at a spanking new phenomenon.